Wine Bottle Gift Tag

We have been invited to my son's GF's parents house for Thanksgiving.  So I thought we would take a nice bottle of wine as a hostess gift.  My upline Linda suggested making a "tag" for the bottle.  So this is what I came up with.  I had never made one before so it went through a couple of changes. I will start with what it first looked like and end with the final tag:

This was the first design.  While I think it's really cute I was not happy with it. I think it got too busy as I kept adding stuff trying to find something that I was happy with.  I didn't like the way the "roof" was hanging over the edge of the card and the front panel opened to a sentiment on the inside but it would not stay closed.  I also had issues with the rounded corners as they were cut by hand and not symmetrical.

Here is the final design.  I salvaged the turkey from the front panel and removed the panel.  I trimmed down the "roof" so it did not hang over.  I like this design much better. It looks like the turkey is bringing the scroll with the sentiment...or perhaps just sitting on top of it. 

Here is the poem on the tag. I found it online and pasted it into MS Publisher using a text box and the paper scroll auto shape.  I printed it on card stock then cut it out and adhered it to the tag:


Thank You For Inviting Us Thank you for inviting us
To your Thanksgiving dinner.
A day spent in your company
Is invariably a winner. Thank you for the time you spent
Preparing all the food;
For making us feel welcome,
You have our gratitude! By Joanna Fuchs
It was a fun project and I think I will make some more as I would like try some different designs including  an elegant one perhaps for New Year. 

I hope you all have a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving. 

Peace and Joy!